Upholstery-padding



w. R. FosIER.' uPHoLS-ERY- PADDING. APPLICATION FILED MAY l, If9|9.

Patented Feb. 24,192o.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEioE,

WILLIAM B.. FOSTER, F CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE STEARNS AND FOSTER COMPANY, OF LOCKLAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION 0F OHIO.

UPHOLSTERY-PADDING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

Application filed May 7, 1919. Serial No. 295,465.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. FosTEn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Upholstery-Padding, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a. part of this specifica.- tion.

My invention relates to the padding that is used most generally in connection with upholstery for automobiles, which upholstery instead of being tufted in the usual manner is ystitched throughout in parallel lines, thereby gaining a. more secure retention of the padding in place and at the same time providing against pockets which collect dust and dirt.

The padding is designed to be furnished to the upholsterer, so that the leather or other covering may be sewed on when making up the cushions and it is accordingly desirable to provide a pad already stitched and easyV to manipulate.

It is desirable that at least one side of the pad should be finished with cloth sufficiently strong to retain the cotton batting so that to complete the cushion it is only necessary that leather should be sewed to one side of the pad. It is too expensive, however, to furnish cloth for both sides and I have found that it is impractical to attempt to stitch leather to the raw surface of an exposed cotton bat.

It is accordingly the object of my invention to overcome these difficulties and to provide a pad for the described purpose which is strong, easy to handle and readily capable of being attached to an outer covering. This object I accomplish by that certain arrangement of parts to be hereinafter mo-re specifically described, pointedy out and claimed.

In the drawings,

Figure 'l is a plan view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a cross section thereof.

' The pad is made up with 'a heavy cotton bat 1, with co-vers 2 and 3. stitched on to the same by lines of stitching 4.

It can be observed that further tufting of the pad so formed will be unnecessary and that whatever outer cover is desired may bey sewed on so as to conform to the shape of the pad.

In order to provide a` sutliciently strong retaining member for the inside of the upholstery, I form the cover 2 of the pad of some suitable fabric. The cover 3, however, I form of paper or glazed cotton wadding.

I have found that either of these materials will be sufficient not only to preserve the conformation of the pad and facilitate its manipulation but also to prevent the needle from catching in raw cotton during operations necessary to the application of the outer cover. Where raw cotton is used as 'a pad for securing a. leather cover thereto, an additional difficulty is that the cotton fibers are torn away from the pad and fly about in the air, rendering the work extremely unpleasant to thev operative.

By my invention, I provide a pad which forms `a basis for upholstery and which possesses all the necessary functions without being expensive. I have found that the paper or glazed waddng can be readily secured by stitches to the bat. In fact they areas easily applicable as woven fabric, and are, of course, much less expensive.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A pad for use together with a covering of leather or other covering material as upholstery, without other treatment or additions, which comprises a body portion of cotl ton, stitched with parallel rows of stitches, together with a back -covering of fabric of a nature to form a permanent upholstery back, and ay front covering of non-woven material, said rows; of stitches being spaced to act as a guide in stitching thereto an upholstery front covering, and said pad being adapted for use in stitching machines for the mounting of said upholstery covering on the non-woven surface thereof, without presenting a perforated surface to catch in the needles of such stitching machines.

WILLIAM R. FOSTER. 

